Nomads and Farmers: A Study of the Yo ̈ru ̈k of Southeastern Turkey

Contents Introduction I. Pastures, Migratory Routes, and the Social Landscape The Area of Study The Geographic Dimension The Social Landscape II. The Ideology of Agnatic Descent, Descent Groups, and Segmentation Tribe and Lineage Conceptions III. Yoruk Normative and Alternative Systems of Marriage Culturally Stipulated Preferences of Marriage Observed Marriage Frequencies Bride Price and Kidnapping The Contexts and Causes of Kidnapping Kidnapping and the Dispersion of Kinship Ties Summary and Final Remarks on Marriage IV. Residence and the Formation of New Households Through Separation and Inheritance Rules of Post-Marriage Co-Residence and Stated Preferences Extended Patrilocality: Fratrilocality Filiolocality Women and Post-Marriage Residence Inheritance and the Formation of New Domestic Units Residence Defined by the Proximity of Tents The Problem of Dyadic Kin Ties V. Camp Groups and the Acquisition of Pasture Rights The Contractural Nature of Pasture Rights Migration Leadership, Economic Differentiation, and Pasture Acquisition VI. Domestic Production, Consumption, and the Determinants of Variations in Wealth The Herd as the Unit of Production Consumption of Market Purchased Commodities Limited Partnerships Distribution of Wealth in Nomadic Society The Domestic Mode of Production VII. Nomadic Settlement and Changes in Social Life Distribution of Wealth and Settlement Group Settlement Social Change After Settlement VIII. Conclusion Bibliography Plates